BIG BUZZ LEADS TO BIG HAUL …
|| By FITSNEWS || U.S. Senator Ted Cruz‘s presidential campaign said it hoped to raise between $40-50 million on the Texan’s White House bid.
If things continue as they are, though, they might have to adjust those sights upward …
Cruz’s campaign raked in a whopping $4 million during the first week of his announced candidacy … a show of fiscal force the Tea Party favorite is hoping to use to establish himself as “the” anti-establishment candidate.
“This constitutional conservative campaign has raised more in the first week than any Republican nominee in modern times,” Cruz boasted to a crowd of early voting Iowans, adding that his first week haul eclipsed the first week totals for GOP nominees Mitt Romney and John McCain in 2012 and 2008, respectively.
Cruz channeled a populist theme in announcing his big first week totals.
“It didn’t come from the big lobbyists in Washington,” he said. “They’re all supporting somebody else. It came from the American people.”
According to Cruz, ninety-five percent of his 46,000 individual donations were contributions of less than $100.
Cruz’s March 22 announcement – in which he bypassed the exploratory phase of a presidential bid and dove right in to an active candidacy – appears to have been a brilliant strategic move. Not only did Cruz draw massive media attention to his candidacy (and his issues), he clearly channeled that buzz into a fundraising bonanza.
We wrote weeks ago on how Cruz was already a viable candidate to win the Palmetto State’s “First in the South” presidential primary.
These resources make him more viable than ever …
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The Cruz submarine just launched its first salvo of devastating torpedo’s and the USS Rand Paul got broadsided by them. The Cruz brand drives Leftists crazy. Drop his name in a pool of them and watch them go nuts. It’s just like Hillary and Righties.
Of course, Mitch McConnell also just strafed the USS Rand Paul too as it was pummeled, so it looks like it’s taking on water and slowly sinking.
Ha Ha! Too bad. Looks like the Neocon party isn’t open to Mitt Romney types anymore even if they occasionally support Israel.
I think the only political process I like is watching the primary’s on both sides as the jackals take big bites out of each other.
IF Cruz becomes Prez, WWIII will brew up within one year of his term and all will curse his name including chiseling his name on rocks because that will be all that is left to write upon after 100 years of the end of WWIII (if there is anyone left to chisel that is….)
The ragheadds planned their 9/11 attack first year of Bush II because they needed to be preemptive. if Cruz is elected it will be 10X worse than 9/11.
The ragheads and a resurging Russia will consider Cruz and his far right cabinet a threat and will be premptive with a vengence never before known in history (or more accurately the END of history as we have known it for the last 3,000 years.).
If Cruz becomes Prez, kiss your ass, your childrens asses and every thing you love and hold dear goodby.
I hope to God I’m wrong but then I fear i just might be right.
History has shown that it’s always a malleable middling that ends up getting elected, from either side.
The sheeple are uncomfortable with people who hold stout principles, often they are branded extreme….so I don’t think you have to worry as Cruz in the end will be unelectable.
I just have a bit of schadenfreude going on, in that I enjoy watching him and Paul cannibalize each others base.(and Cruz seems to be winning there)
The only time I will take this lowly prognostication back is if there’s some major financial event before the election….then all bets are off.
Hitler started out with just zealots and look how that turned out
And the world is a much more volatile place than the 1930’s
Back then, just about all one could do is lob some shells from a battleship of drop a few aerial bombs on an adjoining country or somewhere within a 500 mile radius
The world is just much smaller now and the buffering of continents and luxury of time to absorb what is happening or occuring is nil.
“Hitler started out with just zealots”
That’s my point exactly. Germany buried in inescapable debt is what made him electable.
“inescapable debt is what made him electable”
Absolutely – dire situations like Germany in the 1920’s nearly always give rise to dictators.
You really think America is immune to that?????
The only thing that MIGHT be in our favor is our diversity (and I DON”T like that word!!!)
We are not a “pure” (for lack of a better word) nation like the Germans, Italians and Japanese of the 1920’s & 1930’s.
Even though the far right wishes we were (and hope to be again even though this country nere has been “pure”)
They just want everyone to have “their minds right” is all!!!!!
:malleable middle” they worked out so good for US in 08 and 12. Let’s hope and pray the sheeple have finally seen their mistake and will vote for someone that stands for what is right. I won’t be holding my breathy though.
I hear ya, don’t vote for a pragmatist, vote for a idealogically pure asshole.
You’re a sheeple of the worst kind = blind to the dogma of your political persuasion (be it conservative OR liberal)
As an independant I don’t believe in political purity – that’s why there are independents (the fastest growing segment of the voting populace) and are the block that presidential candidates court during the general election.
So independent, eh?
Worked out hell of a lot better than in 2000 and 2004. Three trillion dumped in the desert for trumped up war, and a crashed economy. I know, lets let those guys try again. Repugnuts are dumb as crap.
Good point…if only Churchill wasn’t prime minister. ..Hitler and the Japanese never would have started WWII…right?
It’s a cult thing.
And he still looks like he is passing a massive kidney stone.
Should we start up the Hillary bandwagon yet? … Are we there yet?
That bandwagon was started up long ago. You’ll never see my ass on it. GT will claim otherwise, but that’s GT.
That bandwagon hit a pothole somewhere in Libya near the town of Benghazi. It broke it’s front axle and is still stuck in the desert. The Elizabeth Warren bandwagon raided most of its supplies and continued down the trail.
That Warren is just another one: “… Elizabeth served as Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Her independent and tireless efforts to protect taxpayers, to hold Wall Street accountable, and to ensure tough oversight of both the Bush and Obama Administrations won praise from both sides of the aisle. …” – From Her own web site.
Got anyone else?
“That bandwagon hit a pothole somewhere in Libya near the town of Benghazi”
Benghazi! Whitewater! Emails! Brain damage! A woman!
And I am sure since she was born in Illinois that they will try to lump Illinois in with Hawaii – not part of the USA!
Do we really want another dynasty? We’ve already seen the Bush dynasty . . . can we really say we’d love to give the Clinton dynasty a spin?
I’m not happy with either dynasty. I’m not happy with Jeb (the rino) or Hillary … or The Donald for that matter.
“… or The Donald for that matter.”
The Donald – now that could be fun! LOL
“Should we start up the Hillary bandwagon yet? … Are we there yet?”
We’ve been there for YEARS – pay attention.
Do you propose any alternatives to Hillary? … Just asking.
“Do you propose any alternatives to Hillary? … Just asking.”
I think she’ll make a great President. And I have so enjoyed the heads exploding during President Obama’s time in office that I want the fireworks to continue!
She is. She is the “Someone Else”. But if you want to see her in scientific polls by name, here are quite a few.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/president/
Interesting that you link to that poll also finds that Biden outscores Warren … LOL.
It does not matter. Neither Warren nor Biden will run. Clinton will be the Democratic nominee. Admittedly my prediction, but I think the desperation of the right wing nuts for Warren, Biden, anybody to run against Clinton, makes it increasingly likely they will not.
Mmmmm … That’s a good take on it. [D]efensive to start, offensive down the stretch.
Hale Bopp… James Town… Carnival Cruz.
Jumbled Joe Biden…Hick town Hilliary…Mullah Hussein…
Populist?
Hahaha!
This guy is the biggest STOOGE for the moneyed interests running.
He supports the Corporate agenda TOTALLY and COMPLETELY.
Of course since Fits does too(all his scripted wailing about “crony capitalism “notwithstanding) ,it’s not surprising that he promotes Cruz( likely the most anti Libertarian ,big defense spending,warmongering GOPer,save for Lindsay Graham, in the race).
The Corporate boys recognize though that Ted is the proverbial bull in a china shop candidate and has Barry Goldwater written all over him,so they’re going to put their money on Jeb,who has a shot at beating Hillary and will carry out their orders much more effectively and efficiently than Ted.
Barry Goldwater: Still a better choice than Lyndon (I’ll have them niggers voting Democratic for two hundred years) Johnson.
Always enjoy comments from the GOP “outreach” effort.
I was a seventeen yr. old Goldwater supporter then and haven’t strayed far from the fold since. Think how much better off this country would be if LBJ had lost and the “Great Society” had never happened. Starting with the 17 trillion in debt we face. With Goldwater we would have won in Vietnam as well.
Vietnam was lost from the beginning UNLESS you wanted to occupy South Vietnam for 100 years and then as soon as you left it would have folded.
All we managed to do in Korea was hold the line at the 38th Parallel and we still have substantial forces in South Korea and probably will for quite some time.
Vietnam is much more geographically diverse (talking jungles,forests & river delta = easier concealment) than Korea.
Throw in at least double the political corruption and it’s fucked up from the start.
Forget about “nation building” shit as far as Asia is concerned.
Notice…over the past 6 years…the filthy rich have grown dramatically richer. ..the poor and Middle Class have gotten poorer…just the facts..
…and then he moved his campaign to Washington and started rambling incoherently for hours as a result of increased use of amphetamines. When he was about to be the subject of a Senate inquiry, he successfully urged the campaign members to drink poisoned Kool-Aid.
All this for a guy who cannot be President. He was born in Canada. He is not a natural born citizen. He should have to give the money back.
His mother was born in the USA, so he is by law a “natural born” citizen, just like Obama. I dislike Obama’s policies, and didn’t vote for him but the birther thing is dumb.
Yep.
Only thing is i read where he did not renounce his dual citizenship (Canadian) until just a few years ago.
if that is indeed true, for somebody that claims he loves America so much, why did he hang on to his Canadain citizenship/
That makes him one hell of a hypocrite in my opinion.
But i do say that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander and i would throw up the comparision to Obammer birther BS every chance I could get if I was a Liberal wonk on the cable/satellite channels and every other media I had access to.
Maybe he wanted to keep his right to access the free Canadian health care system.
Good point!!!!!
You mean “free” for him of course. Someone’s paying for it.
“But i do say that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander and i would throw up the comparision to Obammer birther BS every chance I could get if I was a Liberal wonk on the cable/satellite channels and every other media I had access to.”
EXACTLY! And I want to see the long form too!
“I dislike Obama’s policies, and didn’t vote for him but the birther thing is dumb.”
I think the birther thing needs to be trotted out over and over and over again for all of these candidates – who trotted it out on President Obama. Why stop doing it now?
I want to see Cruz’s mama’s birth certificate. Not the one the state gives her, that one is easily trumped up. I want to see the original with her feet print and a real white American doctor certifying the he saw her come out of the birth canal on this side of the boarder.
Yea…show me his college transcript!!Just like Barry …o wait a minute…did Barry ever release his transcript?
That dog will not hunt. That dog is under the porch, near ’bout dead.
Just as with Obama, there is much to oppose with Cruz. But the birth issue is bullshit.
Not according to a real American.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/236651-trump-cruz-faces-hurdle-for-canadian-birthplace
Where did all those Tea Party Birthers go? I think about half of the Republican party, Fox News, Glenn Beck and Rush were hot on this for most of the Obama Presidency. In fact I think it was a major topic at the 2012 Republican National Convention.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/24/743791/birther-convention/
Hate does strange things to people. Morals and ethics go out the window. But then again morals and ethics hasn’t been the a mainstay the Republicans for a few decades now.
This dried load. He signed up for the Obama care. He’s a Canadian. He looks like the queer afterbirth of Liberace and Barry manilow. I’m hoping that this shit stain does not see any nomination for higher office. What was Texas thinking.
This loser I equate with fat piece of shit Chris Christie.
Scott walker. Get in here and make a big impression
Cruz is for losers.
I just think there is something wrong with him. Mark my words
“What was Texas thinking. ”
Texas thinks??? Ooops!
Gee…thanks for your brilliant analysis…now you can go back to watching MTV…Real World marathon running. ..
Wag more…bark less!
I hope Cruz has someone who can count that for him, because he sure as hell isn’t smart enough to count that high.
Don’t say that, he’s one smart dude when it comes to law and the constitution.
But talk and debate is all the dude has ever done in his professional career.
Cruz is a purist. And like purists of any persuasion (stereos,cars, you name it), they think everyone should see things like they do and that their ways are superior to anyone else in the topic of their special purity.
Purists have blinders on and can’t see,recognize or care about anything outside of their narrow vision.
Yea…those Harvard Law Review editors are some real dummies…
Why is everyone so down on Ted Cruz? All I seem to get from people I talk with that are fairly conservative are statements like: “I don’t know, somethings not right about him”, “I just don’t like him”, “rubs me the wrong way”, “I don’t like the way he speaks”, “He’s a good senator but no way I’d vote for his as president”, “I’d vote for Hillary/Michelle 2016 before I vote for Cruz”, etc etc. Does he have some glaring character flaw I’m missing.
Keep running idiots like this and the White House will belong to the Democrats for another four years. Just never learn.